Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/RIT Observatory

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The result was redirect to Rochester Institute of Technology. Star Mississippi 03:14, 1 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

RIT Observatory

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I'm not getting anything that shows significant notability; almost everything is local open house announcements, and the website seems to have evaporated. There's nothing remarkable about the equipment listed (the Meade instrument isn't even their top-of-the-line). I'm also not inclined to merge it to the RIT article given that a school which has an astro department is going to have 'scopes; it's like remarking that a school that has a chem department has labs. Mangoe (talk) 01:32, 22 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Astronomy and New York. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 08:16, 22 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to the university/college seems fine, I don't think it's notable beyond discussions of the affiliated institution. All mentions in the press talk about it in relation to the educational institution. Oaktree b (talk) 15:23, 22 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Rochester Institute of Technology - The only sources I can find that aren't published by the university give only cursory information, and even the university's own page on the observatory seems quite limited. Non-notable, should be redirected to Rochester Institute of Technology- perhaps a short sentence acknowledging its existence could be added to that article. Edward-Woodrow (talk) 13:17, 22 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Rochester Institute of Technology: the article does not currently pass any notability guideline. However, Rochester Institute of Technology seems like a good target and some information about the observatory could be added there. InterstellarGamer12321 (talk | contribs) 11:32, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect/Merge per above reasoning. It's legitimate information about the larger institution, even if not notable by itself. Praemonitus (talk) 16:42, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.